Improvement in shears



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ROBERT H. SEYMOUR, OIF-NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HENRY SEYMOURAND COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE. A

Letters Patent No. 94,247, dated August 31, 1869.

IMPRovBMENT IN sHEARs.

The Schedule referred to in thesevLetters Patent. making part of the same.

To all lwhom 'it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT H. SEYMOUR, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tailors. Shears; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and opera'- tion of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of a pair of shears constructed in accordance with my invention, and

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like. parts in the several drawings.

My invention relates to the manufacture of shears, scissors, and similar cutting-instruments, and consists in a novel construction of one of the jaws or blades to receive the other, so that I am enabled to dispense y with the holt-head on the' side of one of the blades,

thereby preventing the clot-h from Vbeing:r deiiectedg'in cutting, by catching on the bolt-head.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe the construction and operation of the same.

The lower blade A, in the course of manufacture, is formed with a pivot, a, cast with it, or secured to it 1 in-v proper position' by welding, to serve as albeariug for the upper blade.

It is made of such length as to permit its end, upon which a screw-thread is cut, to project above the surface of the upper blade B,a suiicicut distance to allow the cap b, and washer or check-nut c, to he screwed down upon it for the purpose of holding the. two blades together. y

By this mode of construction, the employment of the detached pivot with a projecting head, now in use,

is in a great measure dispensed with, and a smoothv Witnesses:

JOSEPH PARKER, EDWARD E. OsBoRN. 

